1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

28 June 1963 (1963-06-28)
All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)
Turnout	54.05%
Party Seats +/– Independents 16 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963. Independents won all 16 seats.

Electoral system

Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 16 single-member constituencies. Political parties or lists were entitled to compensatory seats if they received more than one-sixteenth of the valid votes cast (6.25%).

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents			16
Total				16
Valid votes		7,996	97.51
Invalid/blank votes		204	2.49
Total votes		8,200	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,170	54.05
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

Constituency	Elected member
Aasiaat	Hans Lynge
Angmagssalik	Jørgen Borchersen [de]
Attu	Lars Ostermann [de]
Ilulissat	Ricard Petersen [de]
Ittoqqortoormiit	Magtikalaat Arqe [de]
Maniitsoq	Alibak Josefsen [de]
Narsaq	Erik Egede [de]
Nuuk	Peter K. S. Heilmann [de]
Paamiut	Anthon Petersen [de]
Qaqortoq	Oluf Høegh [de]
Qullissat	Andreas Nielsen [de]
Sisimiut	Jørgen C. F. Olsen [de]
Tasiusaq	Jørgen Poulsen [de]
Thule	Peter Jensen [de]
Upernavik	Knud Kristiansen [de]
Uummannaq	Elisabeth Johansen
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Ricard Petersen [de] and Magtikalaat Arqe [de] were unable to attend sessions in May 1965, with Marius Sivertsen [de] and Sivert Petersen [de] acting as substitutes; Petersen acted as a substitute for Arqe again in March 1966. Jørgen Borchersen [de] was replaced by Harald Ignatiussen [de] for sessions in autumn 1966.[1]

References

1. Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p176